Infant schistosomiasis in Ghana: A survey in an irrigation community

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 917-922

  Bosompem, K M ^a   Bentum, Irene A ^b   Otchere, J ^a   Anyan, W K ^a   Brown, C A ^b   Osada, Y ^a   Takeo, S ^a   Kojima, S ^c   Ohta, N ^d,e  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b Accra Polytechnic   (Ghana)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipstick; Infant schistosomiasis; Monoclonal antibody; Urinary schistomiasis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

COMMUNITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; REAGENT STRIPS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; AWUTU-EFUTU SENYA; CENTRAL REGION [GHANA]; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 4344669399     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01282.x     Document Type: Review

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